Healthcare professionals recognize that long-term care facilities should be a safe haven for healing, not a breeding ground for germs. But there is an unexpected, omnipresent culprit lurking and often...
Why wait to help save a life?
By
Iris G. Onrot
Sep 02, 2015
There are many hip protectors on the market, but how do you know which one to purchase? What should you look for?
The allure of outpatient aquatics
Aug 19, 2015
I believe that one of the most important tools any administrator, CEO or owner of an organization is going to need is creativity.
The importance of zinc, especially for the elderly
By
Joy Stephenson-Laws
Mar 05, 2018
One to three million serious infections occur every year in nursing home facilities. Infections include urinary tract infections, diarrheal diseases, antibiotic-resistant staph infections and many more.
What Blockbuster has to do with long-term care
By
Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Jul 15, 2013
Let’s start at the beginning and be very, very clear: innovation is not technology. Innovation is a mindset, a willingness to take a risk and change the way you run your business. In other words,...
Value-based transformation will continue
By
Brian Ellsworth
Feb 06, 2017
Healthcare leaders will share the precise steps that organizations took to undergo the value-based transformation at our February conference.
CCJR makes us look at delivery of long-term care
By
Ravi Komatireddy, M.D., Howard Weiss, M.D.
Nov 18, 2015
Bundled payments are an effort to create a fixed target price for a DRG or group of DRGs that include a group medical services.
What I learned from a group of engaged senior care leaders
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Sep 20, 2018
Impacting employee engagement and retention starts with senior leaders.
Carpet cleaning: When less is better
By
Bob Abrams
Apr 03, 2015
There are three key reasons why administrators of long-term care facilities should consider installing carpeting in their locations. All are related to the health and safety of their staff and the people...
Mosquitoes are active: What can you do?
By
Ron Harrison, Ph.D.
Jul 31, 2015
Some mosquitoes also carry a relatively new virus in the United States called chikungunya virus.